All the talk lately about safety and lineman belts had me realizing my current rc harness with its 1" tubular webbing addition was not up to snuff. I almost upgraded to the metioulos harness with its multi clipon point ability. I thought about it and realised what's really needed in my situation is a better lineman connection. I grabbed the bridge off one of my sit-drags and went to work. I ditched the wax thread the sewing awl comes with in favor of dyneema 97 waxed thread. I had green and brown, chose green so it would be easier to keep an eye on the stitching during inspections. While I like my loops on my sides, I noticed the old ones were sometimes causing pressure when squeezed by the saddle. I also believe the flinging-X connection is safer, so my loops are slightly inboard. They appear very close in this pic, but on me they are more 10 and 2 in terms of clock position. This large belt is stitched to the rc harness in several places and also runs through the sewn runner gear loop on the back. Additional stitching can be added, fingers got tired last night and it was late by the time I got it wrapped up.
Also worth mentioning the tag end of the loops extend about 1/4" beyond the box stitch with the X, so the loops are not only stitched to their belt material, but through the harness as well. There is a single row of stitching right behind the loops that hold them together while I stitched the belt to the harness. So the box stitching is going through 3 layers of webbing, one of which is the outer belt of the harness. Hope that makes sense.......
Also worth mentioning the tag end of the loops extend about 1/4" beyond the box stitch with the X, so the loops are not only stitched to their belt material, but through the harness as well. There is a single row of stitching right behind the loops that hold them together while I stitched the belt to the harness. So the box stitching is going through 3 layers of webbing, one of which is the outer belt of the harness. Hope that makes sense.......
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